Judgement

Appeal from a judgment and decree of the High Court (April 28, 1910) affirming a judgment and decree of the Subordinate Judge at Manbhum (November 25, 1907).

The question for determination in the appeal was whether a patni lease granted by the manager of an incumbered estate administered under the Chota Nagpur Incumbered Estates Act, 1876, had received the sanction of the Commissioner, required by r. 16 of the rules made under s. 19 of that Act.

The patni lease in question was dated June 29, 1890, and was granted to Robert Watson & Co.,

1 Law Rep. 42 Ind. App. 97 ( 1914- 1915) Ramkanai Singh Deb Darpashaha V. Mathewson

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Limited, under the circumstances stated in their Lordships judgment. The grantees of the lease had conveyed their rights thereunder to the first respondent. In 1905 the estate was released from the operation of Act VI. of 1876, and the present appellants subsequently instituted the suit, claiming a declaration that the patni lease was invalid, and possession.

The Subordinate Judge dismissed the suit, holding that the patni lease had been duly sanctioned.

The High Court (Woodroffe and Richardson JJ.), by its judgment delivered on April 28, 1910, affirmed